Legal Procedure

On the 16th April 2019, sections 5 and 8 of the Immigration Act were amended as follows: With regards to the status of a non-citizen who is the spouse of a citizen of Mauritius, the Act provides that he/she shall have the status of a resident where that person “was not a prohibited immigrant at …

URGENT – Termination of exemption of work or occupation permit for non-citizen spouses of Mauritian citizens. Effective 28th March 2019, and further to the Non-Citizens (Employment Restriction) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 2019, non-citizens being the spouse of a citizen of Mauritius are no longer exempted from the regulations and thus need to apply for Work …